The Manchester United XI that got away

Wednesday, 10th February 2016

MANCHESTER UNITED have had a lot of great young talents over the years – but some have been let go before reaching their potential at Old Trafford, and gone on to perform well elsewhere. Here’s a starting XI of players that got away.

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GK: Ron-Robert Zieler – Spent five years on the Red Devils books before moving to Hannover, where he has been first choice since 2010/11 and won six Germany caps

And Woodward has revealed an announcement about their youth programme with be made in the coming days.

“Announcements will follow in the coming days”

Ed Woodward

"The academy continues to be the heart of the club," he said told club investors in a conference call.